FLIGHT PLANNING WITH THE WEB APP

There are a number of stages in preparing and filing a flight plan, some mandatory and others optional. They are divided into several steps.

Step 1 - Route, W&B, Fuel and Crew

Calculate and optimise a route

 

Calculate fuel and W&B (weight and balance) requirements

 

Note: Once either Saved or Next is clicked in the Step 1 menu, the flight plan is downloaded to the iPad app on devices linked to your account.

 

Order servicesOrder services (optional)

Use the Services menu to order fuel and handling services at the departure and destination aerodromes.

When you've completed the ordering of your services, click Next to move to Step 2 and file your flight plan.

Step 2 - File Flight Plan

File your flight plan

 

Optional Steps

Assess runway performanceAssess runway performance

This requires the APG option to be configured for the aircraft used in the flight plan.

  1. Click Runway Performance to open a new menu in which the current flight rules operating at the departure and destination aerodromes are shown.
  2. Adjust the various parameters shown and click Preview to generate a report showing the maximum allowable take-off or landing weight that accounts for the specific aircraft, weather, runway, obstacles, etc., of your flight plan.
  3. Click Save to add this report to your flight briefing pack.

 

Add cabin crew and passengersAdd cabin crew and passengers

  • Add cabin crew and passengers to the flight plan from the lists set up in the Crew & Passengers screen.

 

Complete aviation formsComplete aviation forms

A number of aviation forms may be required depending on the countries of departure and arrival (UK Customs GAR, GENDEC, USA APIS). They include details of the pilot's travel document and license as previously completed in the account setup, details of the flight's cabin crew and passengers, and information about the aircraft's operator and owner.

  • Complete the missing information as highlighted in the software.
    Sections completed successfully are indicated with a tick.

 

Add trip notesAdd trip notes

Use this section to add any useful information to the flight plan on hotels, ground transport, customs, etc.

 

Upload documentsUpload documents

Use this section to add a PDF document or a PNG, JPG or GIF image file.

  1. Click Add Docs.
    An Open dialog is displayed.
  2. Select a file to be uploaded and click Open.
  3. Choose whether to attach the file to This Plan or All Plans using the drop-down list.
  4. Click Save.

 

Saving a Completed Flight

A flight plan can be saved as a completed flight and shown as an Historic flight in the list of flights in the All Flights screen.

  1. Click Save as Completed Flight.
    A dialog is displayed.
  2. Enter the Take-off and Landing time and click Save.The flight status will be changed to Historic.
Flight Review Options

The remaining options on the flight planning menu allow you to review the flight log, weight and balance calculations, NOTAMs and briefing pack. You can e-mail, fax or download selected sections of the briefing pack.

When included in the briefing pack, the information in NOTAMs, METAR and TAF reports is updated whenever the briefing pack is viewed, downloaded, emailed or faxed.

 

You can also export your flight plan to a number of different devices.